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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Savage Annihilation Interview

Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have neverheard of you before?

Dave (guitars / vox): Savage Annihilation was founded in 2002. We releasedour debut demo, « Death In Progress » in 2003 and a split CD withDecrepify, Ad Nauseam and Visceral in 2008. It’s quite hard to findgood and motivated musicians fans of brutal music in our part ofFrance but we kept going on and finally could record our debutfull-length, « Cannibalisme, hérésie et autres sauvageries » which isgonna be released through Kaotoxin records on Oct.1st. Weself-produced it. I took care of guitars, bass and vocals and Mike, mybrother, handled the drums. Since a couple month, we’re now a trio,with the addition of Aara on bass.

How would you describe your musical sound?

D: I’d say Savage Annihilation is a brutal Death Metal band influencedby the US and Brazilian scene of the 90’s. Evil, fast with sometechnical parts.Mike (drums): Yes, that’s absolutely the way I’d describe it too. Ourmain influences being the likes of Morbid Angel, Krisiun and CannibalCorpse.

What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band exploreswith the music?

D: That’s a concept album I wrote. I wanted something dealing withchaos, zombies, the Devil and the eradication of the Human race. Thelyrics are written on some witness of that human holocaust duringwhich Satan and his anthropophagus legions are coming to devourHumanity.

What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

D&M: When the band was founded, Cannibal Corpse just released « GoreObsessed ». The band’s name is coming from their song “SavageButchery” and, then “Savage Annihilation” came to mind and we kept it.It’s really fitting our music!

What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far andhow would you describe your stage performance?

D: The best one we did, in my opinion, was this June, in Paris. Sadly,our set had to be quite short, but I really enjoyed it!M: We’ve been having a bunch of good gigs before the line-up problemsoccured (2009-2011), too! But one I’ve been digging a lot was a Swissgig with Nervochaos! One of the biggest venue we ever played!

Do you have any touring plans for the new release?

M: We’re currently booking a November French tour with our Spanishbrothers of Avgrunn. Good brutal Death / Grind as we like it! We’realso playing the Loches en Grind Fest in France, on October, along thelikes of Cliteater, Hymen Holocaust or our friends and label-mates ofVxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC. We’re also planning an European mainland tour for2013. Stay tuned!

On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans

of Brutal Death Metal?The promotion started something like a week ago, so it’s really hardto say, right now. I don’t know if our demo and split have reallycirculated outside France so it’s hard to tell. But, our buddies ofRabid Dogs, Bestial Devastation, Tools Of Torture, Avgrunn or evenNervochaos seem to like our stuff, already.

What is going on with the other musical projects these days?

M: We’re working hard to record the debut full-lengths for our towother projects, Defecal Of Gerbe (Goregrind) and Brennkelt (Black /Death). We’ll try to hit the road with the three bands as much as wecan, next year!Aara (bass): I’m now also the guitar player for Blosus, a Death Metalband from Paris.

What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

M&D: We already have two tracks written for our next full-length and athird one is in the works. It’s still gonna be Savage Annihilation,but with more maturity, too. On “Cannibalisme, hérésie et autressauvageries”, there are some tracks we’ve written years ago. So, thenext one will be more “up-to-date”. After all, this debut has been tenyears in the making, composition-wise, somehow. As far as we canfigure it out with these two new tracks, it’s gonna be a bit lessmonolithic than on the current one.

What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your musicand also what are you listening to nowadays?

M&D: The ones that influenced us are, among others, Morbid Angel,Krisiun, Hate Eternal, Deeds Of Flesh, Death, Deicide, Nile, CannibalCorpse… but we’re listening to lost of other stuff too, like HeavyMetal, Thrash, Gridncore, Hardcore and the good ol’ roots, Hard Rock,like Deep Purple, AC/DC, Motörhead, etc.A: Same here, but I’d add a huge love for Doom, Sludge and Stoner too!

Outside of music what are some of your interests?

D: music is all my life, I’ve got no interest in whatever else.M: I’m selling second-hand music gear in a shop as a leaving. One day,I’ll get a living out of Death Metal (kidding).A: I’m a fan of photography and I’m working in an hospital. Nothingreally special, as you can see.

Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

M&D: Thanks for the intie! First one in three years and first one forthe release of “Cannibalisme, hérésie et autres sauvageries”! You canlisten to the album on http://kaotoxinrecords.bandcamp.com (at least atrack, right now, but there’s gonna be a full-album streaming downsomewhere during the preorders, too). Hope you’ll like our stuff!Beware, we’re coming to annihilate the whole world!